IWSG Nov. 7th- EVOLVING

IWSG NOVEMBER 7, 2018

INSECURE WRITER’S SUPPORT GROUP

Writer’s supporting, encouraging and learning from each other. Post on your own blog about your struggles, your triumphs, and your successes. Talk about your works in progress the good, the bad and the ugly or some other writing relating topic on your mind. Read others, interact, comment, and grow within this wonderful author community. Every month there is an optional question for those who may need help figuring out what to post about.

Simple conversations can trigger my MUSE to toss me a, “you know, hatch an army” when someone is talking about flies so thick on the river that fish jump out of the water to eat them. Or I read a totally fictional story and think, you know, that might really happen one day. We carry our phones in our pockets now, sign things with our fingers on a tablet, and can see 3D objects in the air around us whether VR or a clock that cast the time in the air. We grow body parts without a person attached to them.

Funny thing, I’m a little more organized in my daily living and writing. Sound can transport me to whole new worlds. I talk to invisible people and hang out with them. I’m a pantser who has learned that a little thing like 5 plot points and 10 key scenes can make all the difference in getting a whole story that flows in a way that keeps it moving forward. So immersing self in story structure where you know certain things like you know the grass is green changes the whole game: cause it ain’t like I didn’t or don’t know a lot about story craft with all the reading.

I still panst but with purpose. And guess what, I’m still inspired and still don’t know what is gonna happen most of the time, but familiarity with certain elements to the point of natural gives me more confidence when I am writing. Guess that is why all the emphasis is on…

because practice builds confidence and familiarity with story elements. Actually, the game changer was a more in-depth study on things I knew, BUT HELLO, didn’t know like I thought I knew them. 5 Plot Points10 Key Scenes. Whole new perspective with a little inner epiphany with MUSE. My subconscious went OH, I get it and the puzzle unlocked a little or I game a level in the game. There was not really any conscious thought MUSE just spit 3 stories outlines. So I’m evolving.